Category Archives: sports

has a ball or stick and is not murder or war; their were or are bubblegum cards or tobacco cards to exploit it; was cool when i was young but is now increasingly sadly undermined by greed;

Columbus Afrocentric’s brave nubian world

Posted on December 5, 2018 by markweiss86

bw Tamari Davis, 15 Spirts Illustrated has a feature on future stars including this Tokyo Alchemist to be who turns cinder into gold

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Helen Wills Moody art

Posted on December 4, 2018 by markweiss86

I am thinking about Helen Wills the tennis star, and her role in the arts, which is considerable. Then my brain flashed to Kathy Jordan, Stanford’s greatest tennis player, who got 10,000 votes for PAUSD board here (including mine). I … Continue reading →

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I talked basketball with Stanford’s retired professor of Applied Physics, then found this video with Marty Beller singing about speed and velocity

Posted on December 4, 2018 by markweiss86

Duffy and I were on our morning rounds when he spotted our neighbor who is retired professor, sitting in his favorite cafe. We joined him for a few minutes of gab, then he drove us home. I almost dropped my … Continue reading →

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‘Coach: how one footballer shaped 5 Billion Cellphones’ by Mark Bennett Weiss, with help from The Leon Levy Center

Posted on December 2, 2018 by markweiss86

In addition to advising Steve Jobs and other high tech CEOs, former Columbia University Center and Linebacker and Coach William Campbell ‘61 also funded The Old Pro in Palo Alto where thousands of beers also fueled thousands more ideas: Facebook … Continue reading →

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Pat Fitzgerald is the Bill Campbell of Northwestern

Posted on December 1, 2018 by markweiss86
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George Bush baseball glove

Posted on December 1, 2018 by markweiss86
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Martin Kryska at Dartmouth ski team banquet, circa 1986

Posted on November 29, 2018 by markweiss86

I wrote about Martin Kryska(1964-1992) and posted an eerie screen capture from someone’s youtube about a cross country race in Colorado 30 years ago. Martin was one of 14 Palo Altans in my Dartmouth class, 1986 (two from Gunn, seven … Continue reading →

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Dons cover versus visiting Big Green hoopsters

Posted on November 25, 2018 by markweiss86

The University of San Francisco basketball Don’s led by two local lads one from Palma in Salinas a nifty point guard number one and one from a kid from Burlingame in Frenchy Fuqua or something Beat the visiting big green … Continue reading →

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Goudy Babe, Goodman Babe

Posted on November 23, 2018 by markweiss86
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Ken Holtzman in Vietnam

Posted on November 22, 2018 by markweiss86

  Ken Holtzman missed the 1967 Major League baseball season, or most of it, because of military service. That’s what it says on the back of his 1971 black-border Topps card. It actually says he was 9-0 for the Cubs … Continue reading →

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